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Top Russian rocket scientist dies from ‘mushroom poisoning’

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Re: Top Russian rocket scientist dies from ‘mushroom poisoning’

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Post by Almondsetat »

pbhjpbhj wrote: post #11
pc86 wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do you think that's relevant in this case?

Do they think dangerous advice on mushroom foraging is relevant to the topic of someone maybe having died from eating the wrong mushroom sourced from mushroom foraging? Do you think it's not relevant? It might not be that interesting, but you and I already made an off-the-cuff remark into way more of a thing than it deserved. Just downvote if you don't like the comment.

Do you think a recently made AI generated book only available in English and from western shops has made its way to a 77yo Russian executive who probably learnt to pick mushrooms 50 years ago?

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Post by toast0 »

andsoitis wrote: post #10

What is recommended reading for getting started with mushroom foraging? It seems like such an interesting activity.

Mushroom foraging is highly local. Chances are you have a nearby mushroom group which could recommend a book that's good for your area.

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Post by krastanov »

rebolek wrote: post #13
kdamica wrote: post #5

Definitely could be foul play, but I’ve also known a few older Russians who were very proud of their mushroom foraging skills.

At 77 years, he certainly knew what he's picking up, it's not that hard to learn edible mushrooms, poisonous mushrooms and ignore the rest which may be edible but also not.

This is not remotely what the "common knowledge" about mushroom foraging is in Eastern Europe. There is a "funny" story in Bulgaria how the most famous mushroom foraging expert in Bulgaria a few decades ago died because he made a mistake when foraging.

Plenty of edible mushrooms are just "twins" of poisonous mushrooms, using animal's knowledge to not eat them, without expending the metabolic cost to actually produce poison.

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Post by Muromec »

rebolek wrote: post #13
kdamica wrote: post #5

Definitely could be foul play, but I’ve also known a few older Russians who were very proud of their mushroom foraging skills.

At 77 years, he certainly knew what he's picking up, it's not that hard to learn edible mushrooms, poisonous mushrooms and ignore the rest which may be edible but also not.

At 77 years old and being rocket scientist he would totally be into the "rest" category and also be very confident he could tell.

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Post by mcpackieh »

rebolek wrote: post #13
kdamica wrote: post #5

Definitely could be foul play, but I’ve also known a few older Russians who were very proud of their mushroom foraging skills.

At 77 years, he certainly knew what he's picking up, it's not that hard to learn edible mushrooms, poisonous mushrooms and ignore the rest which may be edible but also not.

At 77 years old, he's long past his mental prime and could easily have made a mistake despite his experience.

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Post by tgv »

pc86 wrote: post #8
29athrowaway wrote: post #4

There is an AI generated book about mushroom foraging that gives fake, dangerous advice.

Do you think that's relevant in this case?

It does sound at least related to me. As in: people with less experience and less precision that you might expect from a rocket scientist could be misled easily, with the same outcome.
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